The baby name Mort is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /mɔːrt/ (US: /mɔrt/; UK: /mɔːt/).
Mort is English in Origin.
The baby name Mort is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /mɔːrt/ (US: /mɔrt/; UK: /mɔːt/).
Mort is English in Origin.
Mort is an English short form of Morton or Mortimer, and sometimes stands alone. Morton comes from Old English mor "moor" + tun "settlement," meaning "town on the moor." Mortimer is a Norman French toponym from Mortemer (mort "still/dead" + mer "sea"), referring to stagnant water or a quiet lake. Despite echoing French mort "dead," the personal name points to landscapes rather than mortality.
Use of Mort grew with medieval Mortimer nobles in England and later with surname-to-given-name fashion in the 19th-20th-century Anglophone world; it peaked in early 1900s America, borne by figures like cartoonists Mort Drucker and Mort Walker. Variants and diminutives include Morty/Mortie; formal counterparts are Morton and Mortimer. In Jewish-American circles, Mort or Morty can colloquially shorten Mordechai, though unrelated etymologically. Overall meanings span "moor town" and "still water."
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #173 | 2 | 3,954 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #303 | 3 | 6,530 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #519 | 8 | 12,621 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #536 | 17 | 10,162 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| LY | 0 | #557 | 3 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #691 | 7 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #699 | 2 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| TN | 0 | #812 | 18 | 13,765 | |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #973 | 10 | 16,355 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #978 | 4 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,099 | 30 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,122 | 55 | 20,130 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,250 | 5 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,264 | 4 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,686 | 6 | 28,008 |
Mort is popular in 41 countries — most recent births per country:
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